Taehoon Oh

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Taehoon Oh
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Seoul, South Korea
TitleGame Designer, COO at Studio Roqovan

Taehoon Oh is a computer graphic specialist, game designer and developer. He is a co-founder and COO at Studio Roqovan, formerly known as Reload Studios. [1] [2] He was a lead artist and was one of the pioneer developers of the Call of Duty game franchise.[ citation needed ] He is also one of the co-founders of the non-gaming virtual reality subdivision of Studio Roqovan called Rascali, launched in September 2015. [3] [4]

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Career

Oh is the owner of Stunt Corgi & serves as chief operating officer at Reload Studios, which he founded in 2014 with James Chung and later renamed as Studio Roqovan. [5] [6] [7] [8] There, in 2016, he developed a new game, World War Toons, a first-person multiplayer shooter game compatible with 3D VR (Virtual Reality) and PSVR. [9] [10]

While working for Infinity Ward (the original COD developers) from 2004 to 2014, [11] Taehoon as a senior and lead artist designed over 50 vehicles and 100 weapons used in Call of duty’s different versions including Call of Duty 2, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, and Call Of Duty Ghost. [12] [13] [14]

In 2007, he won the global game art competition for the game Dominance War, [15] [16] and he served as a judge in various gaming competitions. [17] [18]

Early life

Oh's early education took place in South Korea. His gaming interest was developed when his father bought him an Apple II personal computer. [11]

Awards

World Champion of global games art competition held in 2007 for the game Dominance war. [15]

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References

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  2. ↑ Al-Obaidi, Zeena. "World War Toons Devs Reload Studios Rebrand as Studio Roqovan, Inc".
  3. ↑ "World War Toons Dev Launches New VR Lab, Working with WoofbertVR". VRFocus.com. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  4. ↑ "Co-founder Rascalli". roqovan.com.
  5. ↑ "stuntcorgi.xyz – Your Ultimate Place to Buy Virtual Reality Headset". 29 January 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  6. ↑ Moriarty, Colin (14 July 2014). "Ex-Call of Duty Devs Found Brand New Studio". IGN. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
  7. ↑ "Ex-Call of Duty Devs Discuss Making New Multiplayer Virtual Reality Shooter". GameSpot. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
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  10. ↑ "Hands on with Reload Studios' new VR FPS, World War Toons – UploadVR". UploadVR. 22 March 2015. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
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  12. ↑ "Call Of Duty : Modern Warfare 3 Weapons And Vehicles by Taehoon Oh". Game Art Hub. 23 July 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
  13. ↑ "TaeHoon Oh (Person) – Giant Bomb". Giant Bomb. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  14. ↑ "Call Of Duty Ghosts Vehicles And Weapon Art by Taehoon Oh". zworks.net. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  15. 1 2 "Dominance War – Homepage". www.dominancewar.com. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
  16. ↑ "BIGUN, by Taehoon Oh". Digital Art Masters. 3: 241–243. 6 February 2017.
  17. ↑ "Honorary Judges | Moviefest" . Retrieved 23 May 2017.
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